Cost to service primary and two regs

[Ghost95]

Most of a service is just cleaning. Yes there are a few parts that wear but cleaning and disassembly/reassembly are the major part of your service. If you already practice good preventative maintenance on your equipment after diving your DIY service will be all that much easier. After you start servicing your own gear you may realize that you don't need to service annually. If you keep your gear clean and only dive 30 or 40 times a year you might very well get a couple years between service and be just fine. Proper post dive cleaning is key.

Invest in an ultrasonic cleaner and a IP gauge. I have a cheap Harbor Freight ultrasonic cleaner and it works fine. Most of the other stuff you can use your normal tools. For Scubapro you will need a couple speciality tools but nothing crazy.

When you get done with your service you'll KNOW how it was done and how clean it is. It's actually pretty easy and I enjoy doing the work myself. Another benefit is that you can service your reg in the middle of dive season. No long waits if you need to do a service in July. I always hated "Yeah, that is going to be $120 and we'll have it back to you in 3 to 4 weeks. We're really backed up right now.". You can just do the service on a rainy day and not have to wait for a shop to fit you in.

 

[RX8Bob]

Any suggestions on where to learn to service your own regs? Or a reliable source for parts kits? Between the wife and I, we have several brands from Posiedon, Apeks, Scuba Pro, and so on of regs and I have no interest in spending $600 - $1000 in service. The local shops seem to charge $200+ per reg set for service.

 

[Still Kicking]

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[runsongas]

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@RX8Bob

 

[txgoose]

Any suggestions on where to learn to service your own regs? Or a reliable source for parts kits? Between the wife and I, we have several brands from Posiedon, Apeks, Scuba Pro, and so on of regs and I have no interest in spending $600 - $1000 in service. The local shops seem to charge $200+ per reg set for service.

In combination with runsongas' info in post 14, I would recommend:

Vance Harlow's SCUBA REGULATOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
Airspeed Press
SCUBA REGULATOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR by Vance Harlow

Regulator Savvy
Regulator Savvy Book | Scuba Tools
https://www.amazon.com/Regulator-Savvy-Book/dp/B00I9R7O28

Regulator checklist and inspection
Regulator Inspection and Checklist (Rev-8)

 

[Angelo Farina]

You can find technical manuals and very good videos on Vintage Double Hose.
Home | Vintage Double Hose
Despite the name, they can supply service kits and spare parts for many vintage two-stages regulators, such as my Scubapro MK5, MK10 and 109-129-156...
These include hard to find parts such as 1st stage seats and 2nd stage duro and S-wing poppets.
Furthermore, some guys here can supply original Scubapro parts: @buddhasummer, @couv , @rsingler , @axxel57

 

[buddhasummer]

Any suggestions on where to learn to service your own regs? Or a reliable source for parts kits? Between the wife and I, we have several brands from Posiedon, Apeks, Scuba Pro, and so on of regs and I have no interest in spending $600 - $1000 in service. The local shops seem to charge $200+ per reg set for service.

If you need SP or Apeks manuals or kits feel free to message me, I've probably got, or can get, what you're looking for.

For tools I use these guys, good people and reasonable shipping costs.

Scuba Clinic Tools

 

[rsingler]

I won't reprint the entire post here, but take a look at this comment:
New or service my Regulator?

Yeah, reg service seems expensive. It isn't difficult, but it IS precise. It's taken a long time for me to get good at what I do. And there are literally dozens of tricks that I have learned after running across problems created by poor maintenance or poor previous service. If you total up labor cost vs a truly good service, the shop is losing money. And if they're making money (with a very few exceptions), you're not getting a premium service for $30/ stage labor charge.

Yes, if you started with new regs and have been meticulous about maintenance, service is easy. That is the ONLY easy service.

Piston or diaphragm
How to cure IP creep in a Diaphragm First Stage

 

[James79]

Any suggestions on where to learn to service your own regs? Or a reliable source for parts kits? Between the wife and I, we have several brands from Posiedon, Apeks, Scuba Pro, and so on of regs and I have no interest in spending $600 - $1000 in service. The local shops seem to charge $200+ per reg set for service.

Others posted a ridiculous amount of good info and resources before I got to it... all I have to add is look at VDH's youtube channel. Bryan has videos up on tear-down, cleaning and inspection, and rebuild for AL Conshelf, SP MK5, 1085 seconds, 109 seconds, and 156 seconds, amongst others. I'm pretty sure that if he doesn't have a video for the particular model, he has a video of it's parent design and can be used as a reference.

Respectfully,

James

 

[Ghost95]

Any suggestions on where to learn to service your own regs? Or a reliable source for parts kits? Between the wife and I, we have several brands from Posiedon, Apeks, Scuba Pro, and so on of regs and I have no interest in spending $600 - $1000 in service. The local shops seem to charge $200+ per reg set for service.

All the references others have listed are good. I would add that you can go to EBAY and find an old regulator similar in design to what you have and practice. You can usually find a decent reg cheap enough to play around with and still have a good piece of equipment when you're done. Experience is the best teacher, the rest is just reading manuals.